We awoke early this morning and went downstairs for our free breakfast consisting of Tang, yogurt, and bread. We took the metro and found the Institute, located in a nice little courtyard near Old Town Square.We were scheduled to meet Jakub (pronounced Yakub [Czech people are way dumb and don’t know how to pronounce their j’s]) at
11:00. We became a little worried when
11:15 came around and we were still sitting on the curb, however the woman who cleans the building came by and let us in. She didn’t speak hardly any English (idiot) but was very nice and even called a cab for us to get to the airport.
We got to the airport, and took a plane, and then arrived in Paris. We took the metro to our hotel. You can tell that the real estate in Paris is real valuable by the way they crammed the stairs, hallways, and elevator in the building. It seems nice and we have a window overlooking the street.
After checking in, we walked around the city. We went to Le Jardin du Luxembourg, which translates roughly to ‘The Jardin du Luxembourg.’ There were statues and fountains and stuff, and public ping pong tables. We then walked across the Seine to Notre Dame. There were a bunch of people outside but it was neat to see. We kept walking around and found a million places to eat where you could sit out on the street. We found a place that had a menu where you could get an appetizer, entrée, and desert for 10 euros so we jumped on it. It took us a while to figure out that you seat yourself, but we finally sat down outside. I had a nice beefsteak and some good tiramisu. When we got the check, our meal was 15 euros, and we discovered the Parisian custom that it is more expensive to eat outside than to eat inside.
(There are no pictures today because I left my camera in the hotel instead of carrying it around. It won’t happen again. Promise.)
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